* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:17:09PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote: ... > It is already considered a serious bug for a package to overwrite a > configuration file without asking when the sysadmin has changed it, so > you can stop ranting about Debian as a whole and go file bugs when > individual maintainers get it wrong.
You know, if my bath keeps overflowing, I can wipe away every individual droplet of water every time it happens, or I can install an overflow pipe. It seems to me that you keep insisting on the former. I have to conclude that you are not a competent engineer. > > OTOH, every package's postinst script could, for example, begin with > > if [ "$1" == "configure" ]; then > > if [ -e /var/lib/dpkg/info/$package.DO_NOT_TOUCH ]; then > > exit 0 > > fi > > ... > > No need. It's easy to tell when a configuration file has been changed by > the sysadmin, and maintainers are supposed to use that. *Boggle* Which part of "USER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK PARTS OF HIS SYSTEM AS ``MAINTAINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FUCK WITH THIS NO MATTER WHAT''" do you still not understand? Dima -- Well, lusers are technically human. -- Red Drag Diva -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
